12 Jun 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1922
Page
1
Storms along the South Shore wreak havoc as twelve cottages in North Weymouth are leveled and windows shattered. Hailstones the size of golf balls cause widespread damage across greater Boston with many sea rescues and fear for a yacht party.
Five persons killed and over 40 injured when a ferris wheel is blown down at a Clason Point amusement park as a windstorm hits New York City. A woman and her seven year old daughter perish under a fallen tree amid immense property damage.
OSSINING New York June 11 The second Japanese to die in Sing Sing will die a Christian Sako Taizo condemned for strangling and robbing Mitaro Hara in a New York hotel His execution is set for the last week in June Fellow Japanese in the death house have drawn him toward Christianity through Bible reading Taizo shows pride in dying Christian and recalls Myabyua Jugiera who died in 1891 reading a Shinto testament
For 15 years this professional has worked in advertising agencies and retail stores. They know merchandise and can write copy that sells. They develop sales promotion work for retail stores or manufacturers. For interview write Box N 22 the Post.
Report from Marquette Michigan shows John M. Longyear died last month leaving two children out of his will. The Brookline Massachusetts beneficiary is estimated to be $10 million to $15 million.
The Marquette Michigan probate assigns one third of the estate to Mary B Longyear widow and one sixth of the income to her. The will names Judith Folger Longyear wife of John Mortimer Richardson Lyeth of Chicago Helen McGraw Longyear wife of Lieutenant Carroll Paul USN and Robert Dudley Longyear as beneficiaries.
Edward Bogan, a prohibition officer with U S Prohibition Enforcement, remains a prisoner in Hanover Street police station charged with assault. The article says he acted under urgency from superiors and was drunk with many threats alleged.
Joseph Long an 11 year old of 19 Lowell street West End was swimming in the Frog Pond on the Boston Common when cramps forced him to call for help. Playmates and bystanders rushed to aid him as crowds gathered protecting his condition after immersion yesterday afternoon.
Receipts from Greater Boston theatres hosting Hippo shows and Baby Hippo Twenty-five Dollar Club dues yesterday boosted the campaign for Baby Hippo. Funds and memberships appear to strengthen the fundraising effort for the cause.
Eddie Rickenbacker’s cross country flight ended when his all metal aircraft crashed during takeoff at the air mail field in Omaha. None of the Rickenbacker party was injured.
Suzanne Lengren and M. Brugnon win the French mixed doubles championship by defeating Mme. Golding and M. Borotra in straight sets 6 0 6 0. In horse racing Ramus wins the French Derby finishing a short head ahead of Keafing with Algerien third. Full reports of all sports on pages 1 12 and 15.
National League games saw New York 2 Cincinnati 1 and Brooklyn 66 Chicago 1. American League included Chicago 7 Boston 66 in 13 innings, Detroit 8 Washington, Cleveland 9 Philadelphia 8, New York 8 St. Louis 4. Eastern League results list New Haven 5 Shrinefield 3 and Bridgeport 7 Fitchburg 3 with Hartford 6 Waterbury 3. 10 inn nrsa Pittisfield Albany Rain
Lyman J. Johnston Jr., 31, of 267 Columbia Street South Weymouth, plunged 35 feet from a telegraph pole on Cambridge Street East Cambridge yesterday morning. Missing from home for a week, he had been fined $10 and costs in Brockton for drunkenness on Saturday.
Neighbors report a Brockton woman lured Lyman Johnston away from home and work for two years by persistent phone calls saying I must talk to Lyman it is imperative. The voice is described as queer with a vibrant fiber. Johnston disappeared over a week ago.
A fierce tempest blasted Greater Boston and nearby towns with rain hail lightning and wind yesterday. One man died dozens injured many rescued from peril. damage reaches hundreds of thousands of dollars across land and sea.
Three people died and two were injured in a collision on the Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia. Victims include George Prinz his five year old daughter and Charles Eckstrom. Prinz also leaves a three year old daughter with a skull fracture and a 17 year old son among the injured. The crash involved a motorcycle and an automobile and occurred today.
Today's items list notable events: Tucker electrocuted in 1906, severe fighting between German Austrian forces and Australians at the Dniester with heavy losses in 1915, King Constantine I abdicated Greece in 1917, and Belgium becomes protector under a treaty with Luxembourg in 1918. Also notes sunrise and sunset times and daylight saving adjustments.
Forecasts predict fair weather across Boston and northern New England with rising temperatures by Tuesday. Southern New England and eastern New York will see fair conditions Monday with moderating, warmer temperatures on Tuesday as westerly winds pick up.
sensational case of Captain Ronald True who was sentenced to die for murdering a young girl and then committed to an asylum triggers talk that Home Secretary Edward Shortt should resign to save the government from a Commons censure.
The piece reports demands that Shortt be removed amid debates over noble influence. It notes imitation of noble social power and suggests high level pressure affecting decisions. The tone reflects public scrambling for accountability and authority.
Nine year old Leo McCarthy of 52 Cherry Street Cambridge was unconscious and taken to Cambridge Steller hospital after a street accident. John B Acktret of 105 Fourth Street Mast Boston left area for a moment, his car later found stolen. Police say the machine owned by John T Connolly struck the boy near Harvard Street and Cherry, causing serious injuries.
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